There isn’t a day go by, where I’m not having to piece something together based on my Cerebral Palsy diagnosis. Often from nowhere, a conversation will bring a new understanding into the equation and that’s another piece of the jigsaw fixed.

Listening to a friend talk, whose son has learning difficulties, it soon dawned on me that everything she was saying about him sounded familiar that she was talking about me too. That some of his …

I was an angry child, but I wasn’t malicious or spiteful, nor did I have a desire to hurt, or be mean to anyone. It wasn’t my way to be motivated by spite. Underneath the exterior was a kind and caring child that was angry, desperately needing support.

I have known people in my life who do spiteful things, who are malicious. It’s hard to believe why people would go out of their way to inconvenience or emotionally harm other people and why …

Choose to act. Don’t wait until the mood feels right, because that never happens. Don’t give up when you’re only part way through.

You owe it to yourself to finish what you started. Don’t get stuck, or spiral into what could potentially be a very long rut. Ask yourself why you feel stuck and be honest, instead of coming up with excuses …

Our past should be a stepping-stone to building a better future. By bringing painful memories from our past into our present, we not only bring back memories we would rather leave behind, but will also go on to create disease through stress of carrying those painful memories. I have seen that happen.

I use my own past as a reference point on how I can do things better, how not to do things so I can create a better world around me, so that I’m happy. Without a reference point to a painful past, we …